It's not a damn Zombie film!!!!

Rating: 10/10 (30 June 2003)

I need to get this off my chest. All you morons who think this is a Zombie film, please hush your mouth. This is an horror/thriller movie about a post apocalyptic world, where most of the population is infected with a virus. The virus deteriorates the mind of the contractee and leaves them with nothing but rage. These vicious half humans scower the earth destroying anything that moves. In other words, it is a socialistic statement about rage in modern society, and how we see it in every day situations; road rage, trolley rage, domestic disputes etc. So there you go. Solved. It is not a poxy zombie film, so all you silly people can go away and watch the very haunting and original Jeppers Creepers or something childish.
Now thats out of the way. I will begin my review.
Danny Boyle. Trainspotting, Shallow Grave, (Cough) The Beach (cough). This guy is a great export for Britain, he is one of very few british directors who still exist today, that refuse to make gangster films or period dramas. He has, in my eyes, redeemed himself from The Beach by making this movie.
It is fast, furious, and work to be proud of. From the word go, the film shows a definate spark of an inventive mind. The dialogue, the framing, the choice of mise-en-scene. Everything seems natural, yet serves a purpose.
Although the film may not be scary, i feel it works the same as Blair Witch. There is no way i would go camping now, and after seeing 28 days later i always think about what effect my anger could have on people. If i am shopping, i begin to notice people arguing more. I wonder what it would be like if human traffic was no-existant.
This is deffinately a movie that will stay with you. You will remember entire sequences shot for shot, as it is very gripping stuff. This may not be a film for the kiddies, but it is deffinately one of the better horror films. I will be bold, and but it up there with The Shining and The Exorcist.
9 and 1/2 out of 10